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Russell: ECB needs to come to Italy's rescue

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... at news of the change in leadership. Reuters also reported that the European Central Bank (ECB) bought Italian government bonds in the secondary markets yesterday. According to Global investment giant Russell, the ECB needs to commit to purchasing of ...

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... - the economy that's considered too big to bail - looks like it's gonna need one as the yield on its 10-year government bonds surged past the 7% bailout mark. Italian 10-year bonds rose to a high of 7.48% last night before closing at 7.06%. Like I said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... fallout, stock markets stumbled badly and the euro tumbled as investors flocked into safe haven US and German government bonds, seen as the benchmark holdings to have in troubled times. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed down 106.96 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... that would be needed to help Italy cut its debt load and avoid sinking into a debt crisis. Yields on Italian government bonds spiked close to seven per cent Tuesday, a sign that markets are questioning the country's ability to pay its debt. Unlike Greece ...

Antares launches inflation-linked fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... Antares said recognises that the greater risk to the fund is interest rate risk, given the low level of yields on government bonds at present.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... dealer Chris Weston said Europe was the major focus for investors, particularly Italy where the yields on 10-year government bonds had risen to the highest levels since the introduction of the euro. Yields did ease back after it emerged that Italian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... with reforms and austerity measures to ease the country's strained public finances. The yield on Italian 10-year government bonds at one stage hit 6.402 per cent, topping the 6.397 per cent reached in August when the ECB was forced to intervene to prop ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... reached last week when markets had welcomed the eurozone debt rescue plan unveiled in Brussels. In Italy, 10-year government bonds were still trading above 6.0 per cent - a level seen by analysts as a threshold that could imperil the nation's chances ...

Fidelity to offer fixed income products to Australian market

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... Fidelity Worldwide investment director, Asia fixed income Gregor Carle. It's understood products may include government bonds, corporates or inflation-linked bonds and are likely to be high- yield. According to Carle, inflation- linked bonds have been ...

Volcker Rule could slash Wall Street incomes 25%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... draft legislation could undermine the markets themselves nothwithstanding that they believe market making in government bonds, commodities and foreign currencies have lead to excessive speculation. Based on draft legislation written by the Board of Governors ...